Nippon East Japan Works (Nagoya) steel plant

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Nippon East Japan Works (Nagoya) steel plant (东日本名古屋制铁所 (Chinese) and 東日本名古屋製鉄所 (Japanese)), also known as Nagoya Works, is a 6000 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Tokai, Chūbu, Japan.

Location

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  • Location: 5-3, Tokaimachi, Tokai City, Aichi Pref. 476-8686, Japan[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 35.027575, 136.870552 (exact)


Background

The Nagoya Works was founded in 1958.[2] The plant began operations in 1961.[3] The plant currently operates two blast furnaces.[2][3]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
operating[1] 1961[4] 3183[5]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Nippon Steel Corp [100%][6] 4295877313 [100%] Nippon Steel Corp[7] 4295877313

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[8] thin plates, thick plates, steel pipes, cast iron[8] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; tools and machinery[4][8] yes[9] blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF)[10] coking plant (plant #3; refurbished 2021H1); 6 BOF (3x160-tonne BOF, 3x270-tonne BOF)[11][10]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
6000 TTPA[4][12] 6000 TTPA

Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
8841 TTPA[13] 8841 TTPA

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Sinter Coke
>0 TTPA[14] 800 TTPA[10]

Table 7: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):

Year BOF Production EAF Production OHF Production Total (all routes)
2020 5569 TTPA[15] 5569 TTPA
2021 5657 TTPA[16] 5657 TTPA


Blast Furnace Details

Table 8: Blast Furnace Details:

Unit name Status Start date Current size Current capacity
1 operating[4] 1984[4] 5443 m³[10] 4966 TTPA[10][13]
3 operating[4] 4425 m³[17] 3875 TTPA[13]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220112201309/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/works/index.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Basic Facts About Nippon Steel" (PDF). Nippon Steel. 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Integrated Report 2021" (PDF). Nippon Steel. 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230126090227/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/ir/library/pdf/nsc_en_ir_2022_a3.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-01-26. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2022/09-01.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20220320173301/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/company/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20211019162417/https://www.nipponsteel.com/works/nagoya/index.html. Archived from the original on 2021-10-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20190426202445/https://www.nipponsteel.com/works/nagoya/product/index.html. Archived from the original on 2019-04-26. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20220318100325/https://www.nipponsteel.com/works/nagoya/iso/index.html. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20200614234628/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/ir/library/pdf/factbook2019_all.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220130014556/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/ir/library/pdf/nsc_en_ir_2021_a3.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-30. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/nippon-steel-to-build-new-hot-strip-mill-at-nagoya-works-1244058.htm?searchKey=japan%20capacity&sc=article. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220722183713/https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/blast-furnace. Archived from the original on 2022-07-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. https://hero.epa.gov/hero/index.cfm/reference/details/reference_id/2018270. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. https://web.archive.org/web/20220318092755/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/11-04.html. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2022/11-04.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2022/10-04.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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Additional data

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